An Early Warning Model for Predicting Credit Booms Using Macroeconomic Aggregates

Número: 
723
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
E32, E37, E44, E51, C53
Palabras clave: 
Early Warning Indicator, Credit booms, business cycles, Emerging Markets

In this paper, we propose an alternative methodology to determine the existence of credit booms, which is a complex and crucial issue for policymakers. In particular, we exploit the Mendoza and Terrones (2008)’s idea that macroeconomic aggregates other th